Suspender holder



Aug. 30, 1949; A, EmKSON 2,480,722

SUSPENDER HOLDER Filed Dec. 29, 1945 gwumn/bom ARTHUR ERICKSON Patented Aug. 30, 1949 1;; 1 :5.

SUSPENDER HOLDER Arthur Erickson, Taylor, Wis

Application December 29, 1945; Serial No. 637,818

My invention relates broadly to fastening devices for garment straps and more particularly to an improved construction of suspender holder.

*One of the objects of my invention is to provide a construction of suspender-holder which is-very inexpensive for manufacture on a mass production scale and which is efficient and convenient in interconnecting garment-supporting straps with a garment, such as, overalls and the like.

Another object of my invention is to provide a construction of suspender holder for garments formed from a single piece of spring wire, suitably bent and looped and on which are mounted adjustable cross-straps between which a suspender strap may be gripped when the looped portions of the device are engaged over a button of any overall or like garment.

Other and further objects of my invention reside in the simplified construction of gripping device for garment suspension straps interposed between a button carried by the garment and the suspension strap as set forth more fully in the specification hereinafter following by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a front elevational view of the suspender holder of my invention in position for interconnecting a garment and a garment strap; Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the suspender holder illustrated in Fig. 1, showing the suspender holder in engaged position with respect to the button of a garment; Fig. 3 is a side ele-' vational view of the suspender holder with the parts thereof open for release of the connection to the garment; Fig. 4 is a perspective view .of the suspender holder opened to a released position for releasing the suspender strap therefrom; Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional View taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is' a transverse sectional view taken on line 66 of Fig. 2; Fig. 7a is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view showing one form of the strap engaging outstruck teeth in one of the adjustable cross straps designated within the area I of Fig. 4; and Fig. 7b illustrates a modified form of projecting tooth structure for one of the adjustable cross straps carried by the suspender holder within the area 1 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings in detail, reference character I designates the upper portion of a garment to be supported by the suspension strap 3. The garment l carries a button 2 adjacent the upper periphery thereof. A frame work formed from a single piece of resilient wire approximately in diameter is shaped and bent 5 clai s. (or. ti-"84 upon itself as illustrated more clearly in Fig. 4, to provide resilient or spring-like wire arms 5-6 and 1-8 which are bent at 9iil, respectively.

The armsE-B are interconnected at their ends by a looped portion H forming a button engaging means. The arms 1-43 are interconnected at their ends through a looped portion l2 also forming a button-engaging means. The resilient wire-like member thus constitutes a frame 5--H-6-l08-i2-19 which is continuous with the ends of the wire welded or interconnected to form a frame which, when detached, is shaped approximately like an inverted V when viewed from the side, as represented in Fig. 3, with the side portions yieldably separated.

The arms 5-! and the arms 68 extend in substantially parallel planes spaced one from another for a distance ample to clear opposite edges of the garment strap 3.

The arms 5 and 6 provide mounting means for cross straps I 4 and i5 which are formed from strips of flat sheet metal looped at their ends to embrace the arms 5 and 6. The strip-like cross straps are adjustable along the lengths of the arms 5-6.

The co-acting arms '|8 provide mounting means for strip-like members of flat sheet metal Iii-i1, each of which are looped at opposite ends to'embrace the arms I and 8. The striplike cross straps l6 and l! are each adjustable along the arms 1-8. The strip-like cross straps l4, l5 and it have plain smooth surfaces so as toslide evenly along the arms even when in contact with a garment strap. The strip-like cross strap, on the other hand, is provided with sharp-pointed projections i8 for biting into the suspender strap 3 and holdingit firmly in place. To insure retention of the device on the suspender strap 3, wheri'not in use, the construction is such that the two strips 54 and i6 grip opposite sides of suspender strap 3. Thus, even though the suspender holder is not closed by the engagement of loops H and I2 under button 2, there is sufficient frictional contact between the fabric of the suspender strap 3 and the cross straps l4 and IE to prevent the device from falling off the suspender strap 3.

To mount the device, the suspender strap 3 is simply inserted between the front and back cross straps l4-l6 and I5-l| until the device is properly located with respect to the suspender strap 3 and the loops II and I2 are hooked over the button 2 of the overall or other garment, thus effectively locating the suspender in the desired position.

In Fig. Ya I have shown one method of punching out the biting teeth from the metallic material of the strip-like cross strap ll. A double row of triangular shaped teeth 18 are struck out from the material of the strap I'l. These teeth are alternately located and serve to effectively pierce the fabric of the suspender strap 3 for securing the suspender strap 3 in pro-determined relation to the garment I. In Fig. '7!) I have shown a modified form of outstruck tooth [9 in the cross strap where diagonally disposed teeth having four substantially triangular shaped portions are efiective to pierce and engage the cloth of the strap 3. Other forms of piercing teeth may be provided in the slideable strip-like cross strap ll.

ported, said frame carrying a multiplicity of slidable strip-like cross bands having abutting faces engageable with a suspender member extendable between the portions of said frame.

3. A suspender holder comprising a resilient wire metallic frame shaped approximately like an inverted V when viewed from the side and having coacting button-engaging symmetrically arranged loops at opposite ends of the wire frame, a multiplicity of slideable strip-like cross bands adjustable along the side portions of the frame, said cross bands being operative to grip opposite sides of a suspender strap extendable through The outstanding advantage of the suspender I holder of my invention is the extreme simplicity of construction and the effectiveness of operation. The device applies to wearers of overalls and heavy aprons since it eliminates the tedious effort necessary to thread the overall suspender 3 through the suspender holder as is generally the case. As soon as the suspender strap 3 is gripped, the looped portions H and I2 are fastened beneath the button 2 of garment l, thereby maintaining the suspender strap 3 in pre-determined position with respect to the garment 1.

While I have described my invention in one of its preferred embodiments, I realize that modifications may be made and I desire that it be understood that no limitations upon my invention are intended other than may be imposed by the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. A suspender holder comprising a resilient wire member formed in a substantially rectangular peripheral frame having portions shaped approximately like an inverted V when viewed from the side and having a symmetrically arranged button-engaging terminus at each end thereof coacting to conjointly engage beneath a garment attached button, the portions of said frame being operative to embrace opposite sides of a suspender strap for supporting the button-attached garment, and a pair of coplanar adjustable means adjustable along each of the portions of said frame for'effecting engagement with the suspender strap.

2. A suspender holder comprising a resilient wire-like frame of substantially rectangular contour having portions shaped approximately like an inverted V when viewed from the side; with coacting symmetrically arranged button-engaging means at opposite ends thereof and alignable when squeezed together for engaging a garment attached button on a garment to be supforming substantially coplanar side arms extending in substantially parallel planes on opposite sides of a suspender strap insertable through the approximately inverted V-shaped frame, and a multiplicityof adjustable strip-like cross bands extendablebetween the side arms of said frame and operative to clamp a suspender strap therebetween when the coacting button-engaging loops are engaged beneath a garment attached button.

5. A suspender holder comprising a resilient wire-like member formed in a substantially rectangular frame shaped approximately like an in-.

verted V when viewed from the side and having co-acting button-engaging loops at opposite ends thereof, said frame forming substantially coplanar side arms extending in substantially parallel planes on opposite sides of a suspender strap insertable through the approximately inverted V-shaped frame, and a multiplicity of adjustable strip-like cross bands extendable between the.

side arms of said frame, one of said strip-like cross bands having a centrally arranged row of teeth projecting therefrom and directed toward one of the strip-like cross bands extending between the coacting side arms of the frame.

ARTHUR. ERICKSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 485,628 Harris Nov. 8, 1892 1,587,563 Swinbord June 8, 1926 2,320,152

Meiford May 25, 1943 

